The 5th ADAC Running Festival was held in the region at the
weekend. The event consists of 4 events held over 3 days and once again proved
to be a challenge to even the fittest of runners. Competitors could opt to take
part in as many disciplines as they wished but the real test was to complete all
four. This yearís festival attracted over 20 runners of all abilities and the
results were age graded so that everyone competed on an even keel.

The first run, which took place at the Everholm in Annan on Friday evening,
was the 1-mile track run. This was the biggest field of the weekend and it was
19 pairs of fresh legs that set off to complete the 1609 metres. First in was
Andy Fairgrieve of Moffat who recorded a fine 5.21 he was closely followed by
Richard Wright in 5.27 and another Moffat runner Dan Watson crossed in 3rd with
place with 5.36. Jim Buchanan now in his 71st year ran an exceptional time of
6.09 which when converted to age grade made 82.42% and set the standard everyone
would need to follow to stop him retaining victory for yet another year. Guest
youngsters Danielle Beattie and Angus Johnstone of Nithsdale AC were not
intimidated by the senior athletes and recorded excellent times of 6.02 and
6.35.

Ready for the Cross Country 30 minutes later.

With 30 minutes rest it was time for the 2nd discipline which was
the 3.75 mile x country run .The route started from the track followed the
perimeter of the Everholm out to the Jubilee Bridge crossing it and returning
vie the Cuthbertson Bridge to the track. Once again it was a battle between
Fairgrieve and Wright with the latter just taking revenge by a mere 16 seconds.
Their times were 22.40 and 22.24. Kevin McCaig of Dumfries took the third spot
with 23.14 ahead of Watson 23.40. Kevin Plummer 24.39, John Robson 24.45 and
Gordon Vivers 24.48 spurred each other on to finish within a few strides and hot
on their tail was first female finisher Mhairi Douglas who clocked 25.14.
Buchanan once again recorded an unbeatable 84.16% with his time of 25.35.
Newcomer James McGlynn 27.29 enjoyed his outing as did Vicky Little who was
pleased to finish in 28.18 ahead of Johnny Minto 28.31 Louise Hopper 29.36 and
Caroline Legg 30.51. Finally struggling with a knee injury Liz Dawson bravely
completed the route in a respectable 32.07.

Saturday, during and after the 6 miles
Road Race at Gretna

The new ADAC Canteen
Johnny partaking!

With less than 24 hours to recover the runnerís ser off home to rest up for
the 6-mile road run which took place at Gretna Green the next morning. Due to a
couple of injuries there was only 11 turned up to tackle the testing route. The
event was ran as a handicap start with the slower runners starting first to be
followed by the faster ones and in theory everyone should cross together. Legg
was first off and first back slipping the field with a time of 48.42. She was
followed by Wright who had managed to pass the rest of the field and record a
fine 35.22.McCaig also had a storming run around in 36.29 and recorded an
excellent % of 79.17 however it wasnít enough to catch 70 year old Buchanan
whose 40.14 earned 87.87%.

All smiles after the Hill Race at Moffat

Next and final event was on Sunday morning. This was the fell run and
consisted of running a distance of 3 and half miles up one of the Moffat hills.
Not the most favoured event by many of the runners but all were willing to give
it a go.16 in total set off through the Gallowhill forest track and the leader
was Fairgrieve and Mark Whitelaw who both admit to being quite at home on the
fells. They came into view in the home straight together in times of 24.48.
Wright did very well to hang onto them in his first experience of the terrain
and recorded 24.57.Watson 26.18, Plummer 27.47, Robson 28.03 and Vivers 28.15
all favoured this type of run whereas McCaig 28.32 struggled to stay ahead of
Buchanan 29.12. Nigel Priestley made an appearance on his favourite event and
ran a favourable 31.34 ahead of Mintoís 31.46 and Vicky Little seemed to warm
to the mountains running 32.59. JM 35.22 just held off Gordon Rogerson 36.42 who
also seems to have a flair for this event and final runners in were Louise
Hopper and Legg who took time to admire the scenery on route.

Caroline and Louise coming off Hind Hill
Thanks for coming Kevin

It's all over

Clean-up
time!
Jim and Gordon

With all the events now complete it was time to add up the scores and it was
no surprise to find that Jim Buchanan had won the Festival again to make it 5
out of 5 wins. He trains very hard and it was a well-earned victory for the
Moffat runner who continues to inspire old and young in the club. The battle for
the second and third spot was a tight one and after numerous checking it was
McCaig who took the honours by a single point from Fairgrieve. Vivers finished
in 4th place ahead of Wright in 5th. Hopper finished 1st
for the ladies ahead of Little and Legg and well done to Plummer, JM and Minto
for also completing all 4 events.

Full results and photographs can be viewed on the club website
www.adac.org.uk

Results.

NAME

ONE MILE TRACK RUN

3.75 MILE X COUNTRY RUN

SIX MILE ROAD RUN

3.5 MILE HILL RUN

TOTAL POINTS

Time

%

Points

Time

%

Points

Time

%

Points

Time

%

Points

Jim Buchanan

6.09

82.42

25

25.35

84.16

25

40.14

87.87

25

29.12

82.86

45*

120

Kevin McCaig

5.38

73.52

23

23.14

75.72

23

36.29

79.17

23

28.32

69.28

36*

105

Andy Fairgrieve

5.21

73.37

21

22.40

73.56

21

37.56

72.17

19

24.48

76.13

43*

104

Gordon Vivers

5.59

70.33

19

24.48

72.07

19

40.28

72.52

20

28.15

71.10

38*

96

Richard Wright

5.26

68.61

16

22.24

70.69

17

35.22

73.51

21

24.57

71.32

39*

93

Kevin Plummer

5.57

66.97

14

24.39

68.67

15

42.02

66.12

17

27.47

68.46

35*

81

John Murphy

6.06

67.89

15

27.16

64.52

13

43.17

66.73

18

35.22

55.90

30*

76

Louise Hopper

7.14

64.77

12

29.36

65.58

14

48.06

65.62

16

39.58

54.78

28*

70

Vicky Little

6.33

64.02

10

28.18

63.56

11

45.29

64.30

14

32.59

61.27

33*

68*

Caroline Legg

7.45

61.18

8

30.51

63.58

12

48.42

65.49

15

39.58

55.38

29*

64*

John Robson

5.56

72.07

20

24.45

73.39

20

-

-

-

28.03

73.84

21

61

Johnny Minto

6.38

59.18

7

28.31

58.47

8

46.18

59.13

13

31.46

58.98

32*

60*

Dan Watson

5.36

69.07

17

23.40

69.42

16

-

-

-

26.18

70.20

17

50

Mhairi Douglas

6.03

69.31

18

25.14

71.29

18

-

-

-

-

-

-

36

Liz Dawson

7.18

66.56

13

32.07

62.47

9

-

-

-

-

-

-

22

* Includes bonus 20 points for completion of all 4 events

NAME

ONE MILE TRACK RUN

3.75 MILE X COUNTRY RUN

SIX MILE ROAD RUN

3.5 MILE HILL RUN

TOTAL POINTS

Time

%

Points

Time

%

Points

Time

%

Points

Time

%

Points

James McGlynn

6.15

64.92

11

27.29

62.53

10

-

-

-

-

-

-

21

Mark Whitelaw

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

24.49

73.35

20

20

Gordon Rogerson

7.04

62.54

9

-

-

-

-

-

-

36.42

57.48

11

20

Nigel Priestley

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

31.34

64.14

14

14

ADAC FESTIVAL OF RUNNING 2007

ONE MILE TRACK RACE - Age Grade Result

NAME

TIME

AGE

%

POINTS

Jim Buchanan

6.09

70

82.42%

25

Kevin McCaig

5.38

47

73.52%

23

Andy Fairgrieve

5.21

40

73.37%

21

John Robson

5.56

51

72.07%

20

Gordon Vivers

5.59

49

70.33%

19

Mhairi Douglas

6.03

28

69.31%

18

Dan Watson

5.36

38

69.07%

17

Richard Wright

5.26

31

68.61%

16

John Murphy

6.06

47

67.89%

15

Kevin Plummer

5.57

42

66.97%

14

Liz Dawson

7.18

48

66.56%

13

Louise Hopper

7.14

45

64.77%

12

James McGlynn

6.15

44

64.74%

11

Vicky Little

6.33

28

64.02%

10

Gordon Rogerson

7.04

55

62.54%

9

Caroline Legg

7.45

46

61.18%

8

Johnny Minto

6.38

40

59.18%

7

Danielle Beattie

6.02

12

76.45%

Guest

Angus Johnstone

6.35

9

71.46%

Guest

3.75 MILE X COUNTRY RACE -Age Grade Result

NAME

TIME

AGE

%

POINTS

Jim Buchanan

25.35

70

84.16%

25

Kevin McCaig

23.14

47

75.72%

23

Andy Fairgrieve

22.40

40

73.56%

21

John Robson

24.45

51

73.39%

20

Gordon Vivers

24.48

49

72.07%

19

Richard Wright

22.24

31

70.69%

17

Mhairi Douglas

25.14

28

71.29%

18

Dan Watson

23.40

38

69.42%

16

Kevin Plummer

24.39

42

68.67%

15

Louise Hopper

29.36

45

65.58%

14

John Murphy

27.16

47

64.52%

13

Caroline Legg

30.51

46

63.58%

12

Vicky Little

28.18

28

63.56%

11

James McGlynn

27.29

44

62.53%

10

Liz Dawson

32.07

48

62.47%

9

Johnny Minto

28.31

40

58.47%

8

SIX MILE ROAD RACE - Age Grade Result

NAME

TIME

AGE

%

POINTS

Jim Buchanan

40.14

70

87.87%

25

Kevin McCaig

36.29

47

79.17%

23

Richard Wright

35.22

31

73.51%

21

Gordon Vivers

40.28

49

72.52%

20

Andy Fairgrieve

37.56

41

72.17%

19

John Murphy

43.17

47

66.73%

18

Kevin Plummer

42.02

42

66.12%

17

Louise Hopper

48.06

45

65.62%

16

Caroline Legg

48.42

46

65.49%

15

Vicky Little

45.29

28

64.30%

14

Johnny Minto

46.18

40

59.13%

13

3.5 MILE FELL RUN -Age Grade Result (4.25 Miles on agegrade due to
gradient)

NAME

TIME

AGE

POINTS

Jim Buchanan

29.12

70

82.86

25

Andy Fairgrieve

24.48

41

76.13

23

John Robson

28.03

51

73.84

21

Mark Whitelaw

24.49

36

73.35

20

Richard Wright

24.57

31

71.32

19

Gordon Vivers

28.15

49

71.10

18

Dan Watson

26.18

38

70.20

17

Kevin McCaig

28.32

47

69.28

16

Kevin Plummer

27.47

42

68.46

15

Nigel Priestley

31.34

50

64.14

14

Vicky Little

32.59

28

61.27

13

Johnny Minto

31.46

40

58.98

12

Gordon Rogerson

36.42

55

57.48

11

John Murphy

35.22

47

55.90

10

Caroline Legg

39.58

46

55.38

9

Louise Hopper

39.58

45

54.78

8

*Anyone who did all 4 events receives bonus 20 points over and above their